YoAdrian
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10 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Have you ever changed your DBMS for a site running in production?
In 16 years, this has only happened once. I had an application running on 64-bit MySQL. We had a legacy app running on 32-bit Oracle. New CTO came along and made me switch the new app to Oracle since he didn't want to support two DB platforms. Didn't have ORM or Stored Procs (MySQL didn't support SP at the time). The SQL wasn't that complicated, but it took me a week to convert the whole thing. Downgrading to 32-bit DB slowed it down considerably. I left the company once the update went live.
YoAdrian
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10 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Easiest document management system for a small business?
YoAdrian
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10 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Best Mac OS X Password Manager
I only use 1password across OSX, iOS and Windows. I share my vault via Dropbox as iCloud doesn't play nice w/ Windows yet. You can add custom fields into login records to save your 2FA stuff. Just flag the field as a password and it won't show in plain text until you "reveal" it. It's one of the few of these kinds of apps that are being integrated with other iOS apps at the moment (e.g. eBay, Uber and Disney). Safari already has an extension for 1password. I just tell it and Chrome to not ask to save passwords and log in via the extension.
YoAdrian
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10 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Which organization stores all flight ticket prices?
I worked at GetThere/Sabre for a few years. There is no public, free API for this information. There is no "all in one" Computer Reservation System out there. You have to go through any number of CRSs depending on which airlines you want to search.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_reservations_system#M...
For example, orbitz seems to still use the Galileo CRS. That CRS gets its data from a number of airlines, but not all. I'm also certain that no access to these CRSs would considered "affordable".
YoAdrian
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10 years ago
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on: Ask HN: What's the best hosting option for an API based startup using .NET?
What research have you already done?
YoAdrian
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11 years ago
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on: Yahoo in Talks to Buy Foursquare
So a company that no one cares about is purchasing another company that no one cares about?
YoAdrian
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11 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Math courses for a self taught web developer?
YoAdrian
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11 years ago
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on: Do You Want Money or Do You Want Power?
In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women.
YoAdrian
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11 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Should I learn to program old machines?
You're the only one that can answer that question. Is it worth it _to you_ to learn with those old school restraints vs. modern architectures?
YoAdrian
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11 years ago
How about posting a direct link to the story? Oops, it's already been done.
YoAdrian
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11 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Is there a service like Stripe but for physical credit cards?
You want hardware to swipe a card, that's compatible with tablets and smart phones, but isn't a dongle (
https://squareup.com/reader)? Or, I suppose, their POS stand (
https://squareup.com/stand)?
Do you just not want to use their software? You want to use the hardware with your own app on a tablet or phone?
YoAdrian
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11 years ago
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on: Silk Road Defense Says Ulbricht Was Framed by the ‘Real’ Dread Pirate Roberts
The real Roberts has been retired 15 years and living like a king in Patagonia.
YoAdrian
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11 years ago
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on: Ask HN: What are we doing wrong with our first paid mobile game?
Android May Outsell iPhone, But Developers Make More Money On iOS Apps
"Evans says that iPhone owners are more likely to spend money on apps, rather than skirt paid content for free ad-supported apps.
Android phones average $250-$300 where iPhones average $600,” Evans points out. “People who choose to spend the extra money are sending a signal about their intents.”
http://www.ibtimes.com/android-may-outsell-iphone-developers...
YoAdrian
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11 years ago
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on: Ask HN: I have an idea how to become a competitor to Amazon. What should I do?
There's a professor I know that claims he can get you back to 1994, but beware: he keeps calling everyone Marty and thinks there are people out to get him.
YoAdrian
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11 years ago
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on: HTML6 Concept
YoAdrian
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11 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Embossed numbers on credit/debit cards
Imprinters are always on-hand as backups in case the phone lines go down.
YoAdrian
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11 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Is HTML File Upload still needed for uploading files to server?
Apple devices have been able to upload files via HTML since iOS 6.
http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/09/new-html-tricks-for-web-dev...
If you want to incorporate Google Drive or Dropbox, go ahead, but know that many corporate environments block those services, which is why basic HTML file uploads are still the standard.
YoAdrian
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11 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Why do uber drivers use iPhones exclusively?
Why would "conventional thinking" expect them to use Androids?
These are the drivers' personal cars and the drivers' personal phones. That's like saying "conventional thinking would expect Uber would have them all drive a Prius."
YoAdrian
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11 years ago
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on: What would yo do to get a website?
"website design {your city}, {your state}"
YoAdrian
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11 years ago
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on: NASA switches off ISS camera stream when UFO appears, again
Because dem aliens is coming to terk r jerbs!
